Automobile shock-absorber.



NEWTON H. LI

sarna raro NES, OF ARAPAHOE. NEBRASKA.

AUTOMOBILE SHOCK-BSORBER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed December 28. 1911.

Patented Nov. I 8,`1 13. Serial No. 668.379.

1/ 'o u/Z 'te/10m 1f may Concern Be it known that l, Ni-:w'rox ll. LINES. a citizen of the United States. residingF at Ara ahoe. in the count;Y oit' Furnas and State ot' lNebraska. have invented certain new and useful lmprovemeuts in Automobile Shock- Absorbers: and l do declare the t'ollowinpl to be a full, clear. and exact description ot' the invention, such skilled in the make'and use the same.

f his invention relates to vehicles. and

` more espeeiall)v to automobiles.

.with my invent-ion applied.

The object ot the saine is to produre au improved shock absorber. to be attached to the frame or chassis ot' an automobile.

The objects of this invention are carried out in a number of ways whereo'ti mv preferred embodiment is described in the Vfollowinfrlspeoieations, set t'orth in the claim, and shown in the dra wings wherein@ Figure l is a side View o'f an automobile 'partly broken awa)y and in section; Fie: is a rear view. and Fig. 3 is a front View.

ln the drawings the automobile body l'l mounted upon a trame or chassis t" and supportethbv wheels W. As is well known these machines travel along the road and Carr)T their own motive power and passenA gers and 'reig'l'it. As is also well known to engineers experienced in this art. the load of the cl'iassis and all it carries is ordinarilv communicated to the axles bv means of springs which are normall)Y under some tension, and which are further compressed When the Wheel strikes an obstruction in the road. lit' the obstruction or depression be ot' average sir/.e a Well-tempered spring will stand the shock; but owing to the small size of the Wheel generally used on automobiles. and the speed at which the)y are driven. it'

- the obstruction or depression be a little more tem of springs.

pronounced than is as will enable othersI art to which it appertams to ^connected to the chassis The preferred embodiment of'my idea will now be set t'orth.

Each corner of the chassis C isbv prefer ence sustained b v a lever o'l the first- Class whose tulerum .is between its power and its load. 'l`o thisi end the numeral l designates a bracket or stub attached to. and projectingl from the chassis near its corner: `and 2 is a lever ot' the lirst class whose t'uleruln is betvveen its extremities. the load and weight of the chassis is carried by this lever sustained b v a compression springr 2l of the coil pattern and the lever atwtfhe inner end ot' lsaid lever. and y a eompres-A Ision spring' i' ol the same pattern connected to the axles l" and R. As a eheck device to prevent said springs lfrom undue expansion a bolt or rod t3 is connected with the base or member 5 on which said springs rest, and extends up through said springs and level' to an enlarged head 4- which may be made 4of rubber. but whit:` must be large enough to strike the top et' said lever when this check device comes into plav. The power of a lever ot' this character is here represented by the axles F and lt over which the outer end ot the lever extends. the same beineI connected bv a compression spring 7 and a similar rheek device to limit the recoil. Bv prefer` ence brace rods 8 are connected to the axles F and R at point 9 b v a hinge or pivot, joint, and to the, frame or chassis by a ball `ioint ll. the object of said braces is to maintain the relative position of all parts. and to take the side and end motion of the hodv ottl of the levers Q. Under ordina rv conditions the weight ot' the. load bears down upon the ful erum and compresses springs 3 and T slightly: but when the wheel W encounters an obstruetitm in the road and suddenly rises, the axle becomes thc power and spring T is compressed. each lever turns around its Fulcrum. and compresses springs 3 and thus reduces the jar which Would otherwise be transmitted to the chassis. B v this device the shock vis so distributed and absorbed that but verv little is transmitted to the chassis. Springs 3 are attached to the Chassis b v means ot' a bracket that is fastened to the chassis bv tvvo bolts. and extends downward about eight inches and outward about five inches. the outer end ol said bracket acts as a seat tor spring' 5l to rest on. tprintfs T are fastened to seatltl ivhich in turn ls at4 tached to the axlee I" and i. 

